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BAR-NEY S. BAKER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

E'AVES-TROUGl-i AND GIRDER THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,372, dated December14, 1886.

Application filed February 27, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNEY S. BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing atSpring field, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Eaves-Troughs,of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in eaves-troughs; and it has forits objects, first, to provide a trough-girder of such construction thatits ends will fit round beads formed at the edges of the trough,and willbe made to tightly grasp and secure the same by simply compressing saidends against the beads; and, second, to provide the edges of the troughwith beads so formed with relation to the body of the trough that thelatter shall depend from about the center of the beads,whereby shouldersfor theends of the girder to clamp against both inside and outside thetrough are pro duced.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and onwhich like referenee lctters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1represents an end View of myimproved trough, showing the girder in sideelevation and illustrating the device as applied to a roof; and Fig. 2,a plan View of the girder and of a portion of a section of the trough.

The letter A designates a section or part of a section of ancaves-trough constructed of tin or sheet-iron, and otherwise as usual;same in respect to the beads 13., These beads, it will be seen from Fig.1, are so formed'with relation to the body of the trough that they standor project laterally both to the inside and outside thereof, causing theweight of the body to suspend from beneath or approximately beneath theaxial line of each bead, and also presenting a shoulder both ontheinside and outside of the body. This latter feature affords ashoulder-like projection both inside and outside the trough for the endsof the girder, as will presently be described, to take hold of, whichmakesa much stronger and more lasting connection than if the beadsextended to the outside merely of the trough-body. This position of thebeads also suspends the weight of the trough from a center line, andpositively prevents the beads from u nwinding, as it were, and drawingthrough the eye formed by the Serial No. 193,463. (No model.)

ends of the girder. Beads which stand wholly to one side of the body ofthe trough are found, in practice, to unwind and pull out and tonecessitate puncturing the body of the trough or resorting to solder inorder to effect a connection with the girders or suspending-strapsstrong enough to sustain the weight, the troughs, and the accumulationof water therein. Both these methods entail expense, andthe latterallows the water to enter and rust out the trough materials. Myimprovements avoid these obj ections,

The letter 0 indicates my improved girder, constructed, preferably, ofmalleable iron, and consisting of the diverging bars D, connected by.cross-bars E. where the bars are united, a hole is provided for thereception of the hanger F, which is screw-threaded and provided withnuts, one above and the other below the girder, whereby the trough issup ported and its altitude adjusted from point to point to secure theproper inclination to shed the water. This hanger is secured to the roofin any of the known ways-ms by nails or screws. Each bar D of the girderterminates in inside and outside claws, G and H, and these claws areslipped over the beads, and then clamped firmly against them by suitabletongs, or by any other convenient means.

It will be observed that the claws of the girder take hold of the beadsboth upon the inside and the outside, and that they hold them intactagainst the tendency to distortion consequent to the weight and strainincident to the filling of the trough with water. Furthermore, theyavoid the necessity of resorting to solder and to puncturing the troughbody, which, as above noted, are objectionable. Of course the success ofmy girder does not depend upon its being divided intoa plurality of barsat either end, since one set of claws would answer the purpose. Still,however, I prefer the construction shown. It is also preferable to havethe edge of the beads fit against the body of the trough, as seen at Iin Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an eaves-trough, the combination,with the body thereof, havingbeadswhich stand both upon the inside andoutside, of a girder havingclaws formed at its ends, which embrace I and clamp said beads upon theinside and outside.

2. In an eaves-trough, the combination,with the body thereof, having'itsedges turned into beads which stand both upon theinside and outside, ofa girder having a plurality of claws at its ends, which embrace andclamp said beads upon the inside and outside.

3. In an eaves-trough, the combination,with the body thereof, having itsedges turned into beads which stand both upon the inside and outsideofthe body,and whose edges fit against the body of the trough, of thegirder consisting of a plurality of diverging bars, each h ving a set ofclaws which embrace and clamp the beads, and which terminate with thebody of the trough between their ends. I 1

BARNEY S. BAKER.

\Vit n esses A. A. YEATMAN, 4 EDWIN L. BRADFORD. I

